Merge pull request #126525 from saraswatshantanu/patch-4

Update Azure AD B2C best practices about updating production policies

Author: v-regandowner

articles/active-directory-b2c/best-practices.md

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Manage your Azure AD B2C environment.
 | Use version control for your custom policies | Consider using GitHub, Azure Repos, or another cloud-based version control system for your Azure AD B2C custom policies. |
 | Use the Microsoft Graph API to automate the management of your B2C tenants | Microsoft Graph APIs:<br/>Manage [Identity Experience Framework](/graph/api/resources/trustframeworkpolicy?preserve-view=true&view=graph-rest-beta) (custom policies)<br/>[Keys](/graph/api/resources/trustframeworkkeyset?preserve-view=true&view=graph-rest-beta)<br/>[User Flows](/graph/api/resources/identityuserflow?preserve-view=true&view=graph-rest-beta) |
 | Integrate with Azure DevOps | A [CI/CD pipeline](deploy-custom-policies-devops.md) makes moving code between different environments easy and ensures production readiness always.   |
-| Deploy custom policy | Azure AD B2C relies on caching to deliver performance to your end users. When you deploy a custom policy using whatever method, expect a delay of up to **30 minutes** for your users to see the changes. As a result of this behavior, consider the following practices when you deploy your custom policies: <br> - If you're deploying to a development environment, set the `DeploymentMode` attribute in your custom policy file's `<TrustFrameworkPolicy>` element to `Production`. <br> - Deploy your updated policy files to a production environment when traffic in your app is low. <br> - When you deploy to a production environment to update existing policy files, upload the updated files with new name(s), and then update your app reference to the new name(s). You can then remove the old policy files afterwards.<br> - You can set the `DeploymentMode` to `Development` in a production environment to bypass the caching behavior. However, we don't recommend this practice. If you [Collect Azure AD B2C logs with Application Insights](troubleshoot-with-application-insights.md), all claims sent to and from identity providers are collected, which is a security and performance risk. |
+| Deploy custom policy | Azure AD B2C relies on caching to deliver performance to your end users. When you deploy a custom policy using whatever method, expect a delay of up to **30 minutes** for your users to see the changes. As a result of this behavior, consider the following practices when you deploy your custom policies: <br> - If you're deploying to a development environment, set the `DeploymentMode` attribute in your custom policy file's `<TrustFrameworkPolicy>` element to `Production`. <br> - Deploy your updated policy files to a production environment when traffic in your app is low. <br> - When you deploy to a production environment to update existing policy files, upload the updated files with new names, which act as new versions of the policies. Then, update your app references to the new names/versions. You can remove the old policy files afterward or keep them as your last known good configuration for easy rollback.<br> - If you need to deploy to a production environment to update existing policy files without versioning, make the new policy backward compatible with the old policy by following some simple rules. If you need to change a technical profile, claim, or [SubJourney](subjourneys.md), create a new version of it, publish the policy, and wait for 30 minutes for Azure AD B2C caches to pick up the new version. Then, in a subsequent update, make changes to use the new version and perform another policy update. Wait for another 30 minutes, then you can delete the old version of the elements if needed. Ensure all of your business logic is inside SubJourneys.<br> - You can set the `DeploymentMode` to `Development` in a production environment to bypass the caching behavior. However, we don't recommend this practice. If you [Collect Azure AD B2C logs with Application Insights](troubleshoot-with-application-insights.md), all claims sent to and from identity providers are collected, which is a security and performance risk. |
 | Deploy app registration updates | When you modify your application registration in your Azure AD B2C tenant, such as updating the application's redirect URI, expect a delay of up to **2 hours (3600s)** for the changes to take effect in the production environment. We recommend that you modify your application registration in your production environment when traffic in your app is low.|
 | Integrate with Azure Monitor | [Audit log events](view-audit-logs.md) are only retained for seven days. [Integrate with Azure Monitor](azure-monitor.md) to retain the logs for long-term use, or integrate with third-party security information and event management (SIEM) tools to gain insights into your environment. |
 | Setup active alerting and monitoring | [Track user behavior](./analytics-with-application-insights.md) in Azure AD B2C using Application Insights. |